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Strategic Priorities

2025 Strategic Areas of Focus​

Association efforts to carry out its mission and engage members and member districts with IASB staff, programs, resources, and services are guided by the following board-approved strategic areas of focus for the 2025 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025):

Division Events, Leadership & Training

  1. Update the training and communication protocols for division officers to ensure inclusion and engagement of every division executive committee.​
  2. Evaluate current processes and based on assessment, develop a clarifying checklist for marketing and communication of division meetings to ensure consistent messaging both internally and externally.​
  3. Evaluate and address division meeting presenters and activities to ensure high-caliber, premier content.​

Joint Annual Conference

  1. Design and facilitate listening tours for members to provide feedback about content and logistics between July 1, 2024, and February 1, 2025, and review feedback and implement, where possible, into 2025 conference and beyond.​
  2. Incorporate student performances (2024) and student board member training content (2025) into the conference.​
  3. Evaluate overall Joint Annual Conference purpose and structure through focus groups with sister organizations by July 1, 2025, to inform objectives and implement changes, where possible, for future conferences. ​

Website (Access)

  1. Rebuild website for IASB online learning opportunities by April 1, 2025.​
  2. Evaluate and enhance website search capabilities. ​
  3. Continue to refresh website design and functionality based on trends and best practices.​


The IASB Board of Directors meets quarterly to review progress on the above areas of focus, as well as other work to support

  • Ensuring/advancing equity, both internal and external​
  • Financial management, budget priorities ​
  • Services and resources to develop school board member confidence and competence ​
  • Member Advocacy efforts​
     

The IASB Annual Report offers a snapshot of the important work of the Association during the fiscal year, which ends on June 30 of each year. ​The report highlights the many efforts to serve IASB members, as guided by the strategic plan.